Politics & Government

Super Tuesday Update: Santorum, Ann Romney Head to Atlanta on Thursday

Mitt Romney's wife to open his Georgia campaign headquarters in Buckhead

Updated 3:13 p.m., Feb. 29

The Super Tuesday campaigning in metro Atlanta already has begun.

Following Tuesday's primaries in Michigan and Arizona, Republican candidates and their reps plan appearances this week in Atlanta, according to media reports.

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Ann Romney, wife of GOP delegate leader Mitt Romney, will appear in Buckhead Thursday afternoon to open the candidate's Georgia campaign headquarters.

She plans to appear in .  At 5:30 p.m., she will arrive in Buckhead to open the Romney headquarters on Maple Drive, according to the respected Political Insider column in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Both Romney events are open to the public.

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The AJC's Jim Galloway also reported Wednesday that Rick Santorum plans an 11 a.m. appearance Thursday at Peachtree DeKalb Airport in Atlanta. The event is free and open to the public.

Newt Gingrich, who appeared in Suwanee on Feb. 18, already has announced that for an event on March 6. He has called Georgia crucial to his election success.

Georgia's 73 delegates are the biggest prize on Super Tuesday, when 10 states vote or begin caucuses.

Compiled by Steve Burns, Suwanee Patch edtior.


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